COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Mauritius |
First outbreak | Wuhan, China |
Index case | Camp de Masque Pavé |
Arrival date | 21 February 2020 (4 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day ago) |
Confirmed cases | 3,913 (as of 1 August)[1] |
Active cases | 2,040 (as of 1 August)[Note 1][2][3] |
Recovered | 2,040 (as of 1 August) |
Deaths | 19 (as of 1 August) |
Fatality rate | 0.49% |
Government website | |
www besafemoris |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
On 18 March 2020, the Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth confirmed that there were three cases of COVID-19 in Mauritius.[4]